Title
Management Technical Assistance Program Qualified Vendors List - NSD-RFQu-21-003 (Ordinance S-47382)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into contracts with offerors to the Request for Qualifications NSD-RFQu-21-003 for the Neighborhood Services Department Management Technical Assistance Program to provide free consulting services and technical assistance to local Phoenix small businesses, and request approval to issue future RFQ's to add additional consultants during the contract term. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The aggregate contract value will not exceed $650,000 over the life of the contracts.
Report
Summary
The Management Technical Assistance (MTA) Program provides free consulting services and technical assistance to small businesses through instructional and curriculum-based, one-on-one meetings or group workshops focused on topics including, but not limited to, branding, marketing, accounting, finance and loan packaging, and other needed business services.
Procurement Information
The Neighborhood Services Department invited qualified offerors to submit proposals for free consulting services and technical assistance. On Dec. 23, 2020, in accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10, the Request for Qualification (RFQu) was issued. On Jan. 22, 2021, twenty-two responses were received, and twenty were deemed responsive and responsible to establish a Qualified Vendors List (QVL). Two responses were deemed non-responsive due to incomplete submissions. The Notice of Award Recommendation is included in Attachment A.
Contract Term
The contracts will be for a five-year term, commencing on or about April 1, 2021 through March 30, 2026.
Financial Impact
The aggregate value of the contracts will not exceed $650,000 (including applicable taxes) for the full five-year contract term. The contracts are funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through the Community Development Block Grant.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Inger Erickson and the Neighborhood Services Department.